Drawing Blood Spilled Ink #2
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| Writer | Kevin Eastman, David Avallone |
| Artist | Ben Bishop |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
The saga of Shane "Books" Bookman continues: the one-time mega-successful comic book creator fallen on hard times finds those times getting even harder. With his back to the wall, Books fends off mobsters, stars in a documentary, falls in love, sells his soul... and it's only the second issue! Co-created by Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and David Avallone (Elvira, Bettie Page). Script by David Avallone, art by Ben Bishop (The Aggregate, TMNT Macro-Series), Kevin Eastman, and Troy Little (Rick and Morty, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas).
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8.0
Usually, when someone says that a comic is tailor-made for television/streaming series it's in a negative light. Drawing Blood is streaming series waiting to happen but it's also one of the most unique and meta comics I've ever read. Quick recap, Drawing Blood is a semi-autobiographical comic from the mind of Kevin Eastman and co-written by David Avallone. The book follow-s Shane Bookman and details his rise and fall after selling the rights to the breakout hit "Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls". This issue picks up with the cliffhanger of the last issue. Bookman is surrounded by gangsters and threatened at gunpoint if he doesn't pay the debt his deceased business partner left behind. He's also forced to provide an autographed more
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7.5
Getting a little jab in at Michael Bay is always fun. I'm hoping that we dive deeper into what came between Eastman - I mean Bookman - and his partner. All I want is to see them reconnect!
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